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Bookstack episodes

October 18 Episode 193: Peter Bergen on Twenty-Five Years of America’s War on Terror
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This week, Richard talks to Peter Bergen, author of All the Presidents’ Wars: Twenty-Five Years of America's War on Terror.
Host: Richard Aldous
Producer: Bhaasita Athani
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33 min
September 27 Episode 192: Maya Kornberg on How Money, Media, and Violence Prevent Change in Congress
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This week, Richard talks to Maya Kornberg, author of Stuck: How Money, Media, and Violence Prevent Change in Congress (Johns Hopkins University Press).
Host: Richard Aldous
Producer: Bhaasita Athani
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32 min
September 13 Episode 191: Admiral William J. Fallon on Decisions, Discord & Diplomacy
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This week, Richard talks to Admiral William J Fallon, author of Decisions, Discord & Diplomacy: From Cairo to Kabul (Fortis).
Host: Richard Aldous
Producer: Bhaasita Athani
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34 min
June 28 Episode 190: Antonia Senior on the Cambridge Five
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This week, Richard talks to Antonia Senior, author of Stalin’s Apostles: The Cambridge Five and the Making of the Soviet Empire (Public Affairs).
Host: Richard Aldous
Producer: Bhaasita Athani
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33 min
June 14 Episode 189: Laurence Jurdem on George H. W. Bush
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This week, Richard talks to Laurence Jurdem, author of 41: George H. W. Bush and the End of the American Establishment (Bombardier).
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Producer: Bhaasita Athani
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31 min
May 31 Episode 188: Liaquat Ahamed on 1873
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This week, Richard talks to Liaquat Ahamed, author of 1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World (Penguin Press).
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Producer: Bhaasita Athani
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26 min
May 17 Episode 187: Ian Shapiro on How Politicians Broke Our World
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This week, Richard talks to Ian Shapiro, author of After the Fall: From the End of History to the Crisis of Democracy, How Politicians Broke Our World (Basic Books).
Host: Richard Aldous
Producer: Bhaasita Athani
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25 min
May 03 Episode 186: Odd Arne Westad on the Coming Storm
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This week, Richard talks to Odd Arne Westad, author of The Coming Storm: Power, Conflict, and Warnings from History (Henry Holt).
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Producer: Bhaasita Athani
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29 min
April 19 Episode 185: Michael Mandelbaum on the American Way of Foreign Policy
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This week, Richard talks to Michael Mandelbaum, author of The American Way of Foreign Policy: Ideology, Economics, Democracy (Oxford University Press).
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Producer: Bhaasita Athani
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33 min
April 05 Episode 184: Frank Dikötter on How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity
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This week, Richard talks to Frank Dikotter, author of Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity (Bloomsbury).
Host: Richard Aldous
Producer: Bhaasita Athani
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31 min